● On the first morning as Eun Jo, Yeol just gets to know that Eun Jo's husband is not Jae Yi but the Im family's grandpa.
– Not only that, Yeol also gets to know that Eun Jo has become a widow overnight on her wedding day.
● Yeol and Eun Jo go out together to think of ways to swap their souls back to their own bodies.
– They first brainstorm together on why the soul swap suddenly happened to them, and then they go to see a shaman to seek help, but only to no avail.
– They later try to trigger the soul swap again by holding their hands and hugging together, yet nothing happens.
– Their last resort is to wait till curfew while hoping their souls will swap back to their own bodies at that time. However, their souls still do not return to their own bodies even after curfew has rung.
● When Dae Chu comes to tell Yeol (Eun Jo's soul) that the Queen Dowager is starving herself while waiting for Yeol to return to the palace, only then does Yeol (in Eun Jo's body) tell Eun Jo (in Yeol's body) that he is a Grand Prince.
● Since their souls still have not returned to their own bodies, they decide to be each other for the time being.
● Eun Jo (in Yeol's body) quickly ventilates the King's room which is filled with thick smoke and stops the burning of the poisonous incense after she unintentionally wakes up the King from His Majesty's sleep.
● Fake Gil Dong is used and later killed to close the case of murdering the former Chief Inspector.
● Eun Jo (in Yeol's body) is brawling intensely with someone in a sword fight who later turns out to be Yeol (in Eun Jo's body) when their face is unveiled.
– Eun Jo (in Yeol's body) is waiting at the fake Gil Dong's burial place to see the culprit's face if they ever come to retrieve the fake Gil Dong's body.
Afterthoughts on the highlights:
● Yeol gets angry with himself for wishing Eun Jo
well when bidding goodbye to her without knowing her husband-to-be is an old grandpa.
– If I was Yeol, I would be furious with myself too if I wished well to my lover only to unknowingly let them proceed with a highly disadvantageous arranged marriage.
– When Yeol said to Eun Jo that she didn't have to proceed with her marriage and she could have told him, there is the comfort of a protector that comes with those lines of his—they delight the heart of the listener and even the viewers'.
● In the situation where Eun Jo has married another person, there should be no reason for Yeol and Eun Jo to meet and hang out together again, other than for them to move on from each other. Nevertheless, their souls are now swapped. As they search for a way back to their own bodies, they have no choice but to spend a lot of time closely with each other.
● It feels like it is the right time for Eun Jo to know that Yeol is a Grand Prince, in the circumstance where their souls are swapped.
– It is absurd for Eun Jo (in Yeol's body) to live as a Grand Prince, but I think that will make it easier for her to understand Yeol better.
● It’s clever of them to jot down notes for each other so they can use them while living as one another.
● Applause for Eun Jo, she is so selfless!! She knows she is meddling with not just anyone's business, but a King's, yet the wellbeing of the King is more important than being scared of the King's anger.
● Damn it, the Chief Secretary and his son, Im Seung Jae! How convenient for them to close the case just by killing the fake Gil Dong.
● It’s so thrilling and exciting to watch it turn out that Lee Yeol is the one brawling with Eun Jo! 🤩⚔️ Their sword fight was absolutely exhilarating!!!!!
Other happenings:
● The Queen Dowager saw Yeol (Eun Jo's soul) running at the palace's court while holding hands together.
● Seung Jae has a spy called Heuk Geom planted at the police bureau. Heuk Geom won't be someone we already know, right? Betrayal is a lame thing to do though.
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